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Granted, I am not a new teacher, but I, myself, have found her "Boot Camp" useful this week. I had never heard of Wordle before this blog entry. So what exactly is Wordle?
According to Dabbs, Wordle can be described as an online tool used to create word maps of the words found in a passage (2011). You type the passage into Wordle and a word cloud of the most used and repeated words in the passage is created. The more times a word is repeated the larger it appears in the word map. The font and color of each word can be changed to fit your artistic flair.
She then goes on to give uses of Wordle in the classroom ranging from typing assessments to book reports. She also gives links to more resources for using Wordle. I particularly like the "Never Ending Journey Blog" by History Geek, as a resource.
Now my brain is reeling trying to fin ways to use Wordle in science class!! Any ideas?
Example of a Wordle using my blog entries as the passages:
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Works Cited:
Dabbs, L. Summer PD: New Teacher Boot Camp Week 1- Using Wordle. Retrieved July 6, 2011 from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teacher-boot-camp-wordle-lisa-dabbs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
I love Wordle! It’s a fun application and I think that students like to take a piece of writing and see the graphic design of their writing. Think having students write about themselves as an introduction or someone they admire and why would be interesting. I’ve seen elementary teachers use this for Mothers’ or Fathers’ day gifts or as a celebration of a particular student. Other students in the class provide positive statements about their classmate and they are all entered into a Wordle. The words repeated most are larger and more important.
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